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Commission Regulation (EC) No 697/2006 of 5 May 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 343/2006 opening the buying-in of butter in certain Member States for the period 1 March to 31 August 2006

32006R0697RegulationMay 6, 2006

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of 5 May 2006

amending Regulation (EC) No 343/2006 opening the buying-in of butter in certain Member States for the period 1 March to 31 August 2006

Preamble

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products 1 ,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999 of 16 December 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards intervention on the market in butter and cream 2 , and in particular Article 2 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 343/2006 3 establishes the list of Member States in which buying-in for butter is open, as provided for in Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999.

(2) On the basis of most recent communications by Belgium and Luxembourg, pursuant to Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999, the Commission has observed that butter market prices have been below 92 % of the intervention price for two consecutive weeks. Intervention buying-in should therefore be opened in those Member States. Belgium and Luxembourg should therefore be added to the list established in Regulation (EC) No 343/2006.

(3) Regulation (EC) No 343/2006 should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 343/2006 is replaced by the following text:

‘Article 1 Buying-in of butter as provided for in Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 is hereby open in the following Member States: — Belgium — Czech Republic — Germany — Estonia — Spain — France — Italy — Ireland — Latvia — Luxembourg — Netherlands — Poland — Portugal — Finland — Sweden — United Kingdom.’

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 May 2006.

Final provisions

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 5 May 2006. For the Commission J. L. DEMARTY Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

1 OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48 . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1913/2005 ( OJ L 307, 25.11.2005, p. 2 ).

2 OJ L 333, 24.12.1999, p. 11 . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2107/2005 ( OJ L 337, 22.12.2005, p. 20 ).

3 OJ L 55, 25.2.2006, p. 17 . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 663/2006 ( OJ L 116, 29.4.2006, p. 39 ).

Footnotes

  1. . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1913/2005 (). ↩ ↩2

  2. . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2107/2005 (). ↩ ↩2

  3. . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 663/2006 (). ↩ ↩2